The Scribd deal follows rival ebook
subscription platform Oyster linking up with Smashwords recently.
Not exact matches
Oyster has started selling new e-book titles, instead of just having an
subscription platform.
In some ways, correlations can be made that two other pioneering
subscription services — Scribd and
Oyster — could have paved the way for KU, despite the various differences in their
platforms.
Publishers using the ePubDirect system can select
Oyster as an outlet on their distribution
platform, only titles with US rights will be sent to
Oyster at the moment as
Oyster is a US based
subscription service.
This isn't the first wave of short fiction titles in recent months, as
subscription - reading
platform Rooster launched this spring as the answer to Scribd and
Oyster's all - you - can - eat models.
By establishing distribution deals with not only all of the major ebook retailers and a host of often overlooked, lesser known retail
platforms, Smashwords has also inked distribution deals with Scrib,
Oyster, and OverDrive, giving indie authors the chance to put their works in
subscription - based and public library lending opportunities.
however, i am finding a
platform where shorts are not only easily available, not only affordable for the reader, but pay well for me, the author, and that's via Scribd and
Oyster's selections of shorts on their
subscription services
In the six months since its debut, the $ 14 million
Oyster ebook
subscription platform has yet to take off.
Spotify, which is another revolutionary
platform that even Smashwords CEO Mark Coker has likened to
Oyster's e-book
subscription app, offers a similar service for music lovers, with free and premium - paid services.